MEPs' gender balance by country - 1999 Constitutive session Chart European Union Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden United Kingdom 70% 30% - 62% 38% - 72% 28% - 62% 38% - 56% 44% - 60% 40% - 63% 37% - 84% 16% - 67% 33% - 89% 11% - 67% 33% - 65% 35% - 80% 20% - 65% 35% - 59% 41% - 76% 24% - Gender balance of MEPs by country Country Women Men Other European Union EU 30% 70% - Austria AT 38% 62% - Belgium BE 28% 72% - Denmark DK 38% 62% - Finland FI 44% 56% - France FR 40% 60% - Germany DE 37% 63% - Greece EL 16% 84% - Ireland IE 33% 67% - Italy IT 11% 89% - Luxembourg LU 33% 67% - Netherlands NL 35% 65% - Portugal PT 20% 80% - Spain ES 35% 65% - Sweden SE 41% 59% - United Kingdom UK 24% 76% -
MEPs' gender balance by year Constitutive session Chart 1979 84.0 16.0 0.0 1984 82.0 18.0 0.0 1989 81.0 19.0 0.0 1994 74.0 26.0 0.0 1999 70.0 30.0 0.0 2004 69.0 31.0 0.0 2009 65.0 35.0 0.0 2014 63.0 37.0 0.0 2019 60.0 40.0 0.0 Gender balance of MEPs by year Year Women Men Other 1979 16% 84% - 1984 18% 82% - 1989 19% 81% - 1994 26% 74% - 1999 30% 70% - 2004 31% 69% - 2009 35% 65% - 2014 37% 63% - 2019 40% 60% -